Drainage system



May 7, 1929. 6.56. HOWELL DRAINAGE SYSTEH med Jan. 2s. 192e gK. Aff/Z331 Patented May 7, 1929.

UNITED STATES GLENN e. HOWELL, or COLUMBUS, OHIO.

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Application filed January 23, 1926. Serial No. 83,315.

This invention relates to a d 'ainage system for buildings, the general object of the invention being to provide means :tor preventing Water from collecting in the basen'ient of the building and under the 'foundation base.

This invention also consists in certain other 'features of construction and in the combination and arrangement oi the several parts, to be hereinafter iully described, illustrated in the accompanyingl drawings and specili :ally pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing,l my invention in detail, reiterence will be had to the accompanyin drawings lwherein like characters denote like or corresponding` parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure l is an elevation, partly in section, of a Wall of a building.

litigare 2 is a section on line 22 olf F i ure l.

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional View through the basement of the building.

As shown in these views, I torni horizontally extending` passages l in the Walls of the basement of a building' so that Water sleeping Athrough the Walls will drain into these passages and pass along the saine tothe drain passages 2 arranged in the basement floor and which are connected with the sevver 3 or other drainage outlet. I prefer to form these passages by placing tiles l in the blocks 5 which compose the Walls of the building'. I place one o the passages 1 in the base 6 olf tlie building so that the Water cannot collectaround r and under the base which might weaken the buildingby permitting the Walls to sink in the so'l'tened ground under the base.

-no foreign matter can enter them with the PATENT OFFICE.

These passages prevent the water seeping tln'ougli the walls into the basement and from collecting' outside the Walls and under the same andV they also permit the circulation oi" air which tends to dry the Walls quickly. By placing,- the passages in the Walls, there is no danger oi? them becoming clogged up as Water, as the Water is liltered by its passage through the pores of: the blocks.

It will, ot course, be understood that the tiles can be placed in the Walls, as the Walls are being;` poured or the tiles can be placed. in the blocks as the blocks are manufactured and such blocks used in the building` of the Walls. `In this Way, the drainage system is an chored in the wall itself and there is no danger ot it getting Out of order.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features ot my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangen'ient of the several parts, provided that such changes fall Within the scope of the appended claim.

1iiihat I claim is A building having` the Walls of its basement Jiormed of porous material with horizontal passages in said Walls into which the Water and air passingthrough the porous material will collect, tilesin the passage in the base O'li the Wall having' their ends spaced apart and means Jfor conducting" the Water collecting' in the passages to a drain.

In testimony whereof I aix my signati'ue.

GLENN G. I-IOVELL. 

